BYS dominates at Sail Peninsula
Six of Blairgowrie’s brightest and best took out the AMS teams event and placed second on ORCC at Sail Peninsula 2022 at Martha Cove the weekend before last. The regatta has become a terrific annual event hosted by Safety Beach Sailing Club, with 60 entries this year. A twilight stern chaser kicks things off on […]
NTC No 5 Season 21-22
Change to Sailing Instructions Change to 20.2 (b) scoring Delete wording and replace with: Remove in the Aggregate series and replace with in a series. Existing: (b) When four races have been completed in the Aggregate series, a boat’s series score shall be the total of her race scores. New: (b) When four races have […]
Trivia night fundraiser
Thinking of a fun activity to do over the Labour Day long weekend in March? Look no further than the BYS Trivia Night which will be held on Sunday 13 March at 7:30 pm. This trivia night is a fundraising event to help our J70 Youth Squad compete in the Sailing Champions League Asia Pacific […]
NTC No 4 Season 21-22
Change to Notice of Race Change to MOB requirement Delete NOR 3.2 and replace with: A Man Overboard (MOB) drill is recommended to be carried out.. The compliance declaration, signed by the person in charge, can be lodged with the BYS Sailing Office. The declaration form is available on the BYS website or from the […]
Geelong Wooden Boat Festival, 12 – 14 March 2022
As a major presenting sponsor, the Wooden Boat Shop are immensely proud to partner with the Geelong Wooden Boat Festival. Join our convoy cruise for an incredible weekend of wooden boat festivities. We’re planning to leave Sorrento on Friday 11th March to overnight at Portarlington and return Sunday 6th March. Couta Boats, Motor Launches, wooden […]
NTC No 3 Season 21-22
Change to Sailing Instructions Delete SI 14.1 and replace with: 14.1 Club Starts – Club start courses shall not be altered. 14.2 On the Wind Starts 14.2.1 OTB courses. To change the next leg of the course, the race committee shall move the original mark (or the finishing line) to the new position 14.2.2 KB […]
NTC No 2 Season 21-22
Change to Sailing Instructions Delete SI 14.1 and replace with: 14.1 Club Starts – Club start courses shall not be altered. 14.2 On the Wind Starts 14.2.1 OTB courses. To change the next leg of the course, the race committee shall move the original mark (or the finishing line) to the new position 14.2.2 KB […]
Sailing Champions League qualifier at RGYC
BYS made up two of the eight competitive teams that raced in Geelong last week, attempting to qualify for the Asia Pacific Final in March. “Over the Australia Day week, BYS had two teams competing in the Sailing Champions League qualifier event in Geelong. BYS 1 was helmed by Ethan O’Brien and had Hannah Danks, […]
Minerva Trophy
On Sunday afternoon, BYS hosted the first two races of the four-race series, the Minerva Trophy. The Minerva Trophy is an opportunity for female sailors to race in our club J70s and compete with other all-female crews. Last Sunday we filled all three BYS J70s with some of our fantastic female sailors, totalling 13 sailors […]
2022 Melges 24 National Championships
A small, but select international fleet contested the 2022 National Melges 24 National Championships as part of last week’s Festival of Sails at Royal Geelong Yacht Club. While the boat numbers were down, affected by Covid, the quality of sailing wasn’t impacted. BYS was represented by Cobra 24 skippered by Andrew Colliver with the crew of Blair […]
